2011-10-27, 09:25 PM
xerath Q its only awful due to the CD (9/8/7/6/5) but thats why i build CDR on him alot.
His W takes priority after his Q since you want to reduce that massive CD (From 18 to 5 secs iirc) asap.
His E could be either left to last or level along side his W, depends on how good you are landing it (Since the range isnt that good sadly, but its point and click)
His R its almost necesary for him to do anything, since its what gives him most of his burst (His Q are somewhat hard to land since those have a 0,5-1sec delay (His R its somewhat along that line 0.35 i think)).
All in all, hes pure range but his burst is lacking and you could say Crap if is R its on CD, but running skills agains 1 person its pretty good (I remember playing this one TT game where a tryn had a lot of trouble trying to kill me early game-mid game, and chasing was easily countered with pure E-Q since he was after me and such)
Mmmmm dunno what else to say about him.
Also: Reading the LoL forums, i caught a post by morello saying some little things he didnt like about xerath:
His W takes priority after his Q since you want to reduce that massive CD (From 18 to 5 secs iirc) asap.
His E could be either left to last or level along side his W, depends on how good you are landing it (Since the range isnt that good sadly, but its point and click)
His R its almost necesary for him to do anything, since its what gives him most of his burst (His Q are somewhat hard to land since those have a 0,5-1sec delay (His R its somewhat along that line 0.35 i think)).
All in all, hes pure range but his burst is lacking and you could say Crap if is R its on CD, but running skills agains 1 person its pretty good (I remember playing this one TT game where a tryn had a lot of trouble trying to kill me early game-mid game, and chasing was easily countered with pure E-Q since he was after me and such)
Mmmmm dunno what else to say about him.
Also: Reading the LoL forums, i caught a post by morello saying some little things he didnt like about xerath:
Morello Wrote:While this is a little "doomsday" in the problems you speak about, I think there's a few takeaways we're looking to change:
* Passive: Xerath doesn't actually need this passive, and instead should focus on one that emphasizes ranged play. We'll be making this change in the next couple patches.
* Seige Mode: Should not lock you down - that's an unusable character in LoL. Using it to pulse one long-range spell or to set up for a longer barrage is fine. It gives it multiple ways to use it, which I'm fine with.
* Stun: If we do remove the passive, he'll never survive a real teamfight without this. Mages need CC and/or mobility to function. If we remove the free tankiness, this will apply even more.
I appreciate the feedback (always!), but I'm generally happy with Xerath's design other than his passive, which we're going to change. I think the difference between "man, I wish this were better" and "THIS IS THE WORST wtpFFF" is pretty wide